Archive for the ‘Restaurants/gastronomy’ Category

Written by Sevillanos, the guide covers places to eat, listen to live music, and see the city as enjoyed by locals.
Last week, the first-ever guidebook compiled using content provided by Facebook users was launched.
The 52-page guidebook to Seville features places for tapas, dancing swing and tango, and hunting ghosts, all suggested ...

Last month, the prestigious travel guide publisher Lonely Planet named Seville as the Best City in the world to visit next year, as part of its annual Best in Travel list.
A great honour for the city, this will bring even larger numbers of visitors to the city in 2018. With ...

[caption id="attachment_18210" align="aligncenter" width="575"] Aponiente's listing in the Michelin online guide, showing the pescatarian restaurant's coveted three-star ranking.[/caption]
When the Michelin stars for Spain and Portugal in 2018 were announced earlier this week, there was some exciting news for Andalucia: the region added to its tally in the most impressive and ...

An invaluable companion for anyone who is interested in the literature of Andalucia.
Andalucia – A Literary Guide for Travellers by Andrew and Suzanne Edwards (IB Tauris)
This is a thoroughly-researched, comprehensive guide to every major writer who has ever lived, or spent time, in Andalucia.
From Miguel de Cervantes to Michael Jacobs, ...

Treasure hunt between Estepona and Casares
Back in 1996, in the early days of the internet - when WIFI, twitter and touch-screen smart phones were but a far-off futuristic dream - a tech-savvy young British engineer living in southern Spain had an idea: to register the domain andalucia.com. Chris Chaplow, along ...

[caption id="attachment_15784" align="aligncenter" width="578" caption="Fish chef Angel Leon as seen on the website of his two-Michelin-star restaurant Aponiente in El Puerto de Santa Maria."] [/caption]
Last week the Michelin Guide to Spain and Portugal 2015 was launched, with the announcement of the all-important stars.
Andalucia still has seven restaurants with one Michelin ...

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Every year around this time - January and February - the newspapers are full of recipes featuring Seville oranges, the small, bitter fruit so highly valued by the British for ...

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Here on the AC blog, and on the website itself, our aim is to keep you, our audience, updated on what's happening here in Andalucia.
We want you to enjoy the latest and best of ...

[caption id="attachment_9777" align="aligncenter" width="578" caption="The Alhambra Palace in Granada is one of the most romantic buildings in the world - viewed like this, and to visit."] [/caption]
So this Thursday is Valentine's Day, or Dia de los Enamorados (Lovers' Day) in Spain.
Many hotels and restaurants around Andalucia will have special ...

Anyone who lives in Andalucia, or who is an aficionado of Spanish food, will be well aware of the leading role played by "liquid gold" - olive oil - in the region's cuisine.
An Andalucian breakfast is toast with jamon serrano, tomato and olive oil drizzled liberally all over it; it's ...